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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida (left), has appeared only three on the Sunday talk shows this year, while other prominent female politicians have yet to appear at all. | Photo courtesy of NBC

“Because of the speaker’s busy travel schedule, her appearances on Sunday shows are limited. But there are many talented House Democratic women with expertise on many issues who would contribute greatly to the discussion on jobs, the economy, national security and energy,” said Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami.

The result is that, while Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has appeared 10 times on Sunday shows, Pelosi has appeared only twice.

Fischer and other successful women in Sunday television, including “State of the Union” host Candy Crowley, are struggling with the dynamic — a relative dearth of women in leadership roles on the Hill, according to Fischer and Tom Bettag, Crowley’s executive producer.

In addition to Pelosi, there are less than 20 women in leadership roles or chairmanships in the 111th Congress, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

The result: From Jan. 1 to June 13, “Meet the Press” featured only three female members of Congress, compared with 28 male lawmakers. “Fox News Sunday” had only two female lawmakers but 28 male lawmakers. CBS’s “Face the Nation” hosted the highest number of female lawmakers — six, compared with 24 male lawmakers. CNN’s “State of the Union” was not far behind, with six women and 29 men. ABC’s “This Week” had three female members and 19 males.

“Nobody in the world feels more passionately about this than Candy, who is constantly saying ‘this is crazy’,” that there isn’t more of a female presence on Sunday shows, Bettag said. “But ... the glass ceiling in leadership positions is nearly unbreakable, and when you’re booking for a show, for the sake of the viewer, we’re constantly asking, ‘Do we choose the woman versus the person shaping the vote?’”

But even younger lawmakers such as Wasserman Schultz understand why the dynamic exists.

“It is the highest-profile opportunity to advance my party’s agenda. I make it a priority,” said Wasserman Schultz, who appeared in a roundtable discussion Sunday on “Meet the Press.” “Yes, I would say the lineup of the guests is disproportionally and over proportionately male. But much of that has to be chalked up that the invitations wind up being largely topical.”

All one has to do is look at female Senators and Representatives on case by case basis. Most of them are borderline DUMB. Boxer and Diane are airheads, 2 gals from Washington are even worse, Stab-me-Now from Michigan want's to stop global warming because plane shook when she was flying it. Senator Laundry from Louisiana is also an airhead, and frankly most Republican female Senators are not deep thinkers either.

Just so happens that women in DC as of now are not all that bright or have any ideas. Right or Left.

If Wasserman-Schultz is indicative of any other female politicians, I can understand why they're scarcely on television. She was nothing but Democrat talking points, even going after Fiorina and mocking Republicans through some obscure shroud of feminism. Fiorina wasn't much better, using the show as a platform for November (not that I can blame her). While the other guests made an effort to actually discuss the topics at hand, these two ladies just recited the same tired messages as their respective parties.

Debbie Wasserman-Shultz (D-Florida) has unrelentingly demonstrated her rabid partisan nature since she appeared on the national scene. This is a politician-ista who has honed her skills of denial, dismissal and deflection to a never-before-seen level.

Her superior intellect is undeniable; she possesses a font of detailed information in her political quiver which enhances her ability to deflect blame from herself and every other democrat...on a dime... no matter the circumstance. Her rhetoric is super-practiced and her persona is disdainful of any and every perception that does not compliment her own.

Her intellect and skills are impressive, but she is the antithesis of what actual "voters" in general can tolerate these days. And, her commentary on cable news is worthless to anyone who even tenuously considers himself a non-partisan.

We should look forward to the day when the good people of Florida wake up and vote her out of office and spare the rest of us Wasserman's narrow-minded rants. I would love to lock Debbie's in a room with the likes of Begala and Brazil and let them bulls@$% one another to death...Carvel recently and temporarily defected as the result of his disenchantment with Obama's performance as it relates to the BP oil spill.

The former Honolulu elections clerk who says President Obama was "definitely" not born in Hawaii and has no birth certificate from any hospital in the Aloha State says he's willing to testify in court to those facts.

"The things I've said, I don't mind testifying in court," Tim Adams, the senior elections clerk for the city and county of Honolulu in the 2008 campaign, told WND in an exclusive interview.

"I was working there, and this is what it was. I'm not a lawyer, just a civil servant. I know what I know. I know what I was told by the hospitals and by my supervisors."

There is no birth certificate," he said. "It's like an open secret. There isn't one. Everyone in the government there knows this."

Copy of original long-form birth certificate of Susan Nordyke, born in Honolulu the day after Obama's reported birthdate. President Obama has never produced any document like this

"I had direct access to the Social Security database, the national crime computer, state driver's license information, international passport information, basically just about anything you can imagine to get someone's identity," Adams explained. "I could look up what bank your home mortgage was in. I was informed by my boss that we did not have a birth record [for Obama]."

At the time, there were conflicting reports that Obama had been born at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, as well as the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children across town. So Adams says his office checked with both facilities.

Tim Adams, the former senior elections clerk for Honolulu, says President Obama was "definitely" not born in Hawaii,and a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Obama does not exist in the state.

"They told us, 'We don't have a birth certificate for him,'" he said. "They told my supervisor, either by phone or by e-mail, neither one has a document that a doctor signed off on saying they were present at this man's birth."

To date, no Hawaiian hospital has provided documented confirmation Obama was born at its facility.

Adams, 45, stressed, "In my professional opinion, he definitely was not born in Hawaii. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that he was not born in Hawaii because there is no legal record of him being born there. If someone called and asked about it, I could not tell them that person was born in the state."

WND confirmed with Hawaiian officials that Adams was indeed working in their election offices during the last presidential election.

"His title was senior elections clerk in 2008," said Glen Takahashi, elections administrator for the city and county of Honolulu.

Adams oversaw a group of 50 to 60 employees and was responsible for verifying the identity of voters, especially absentee voters.

There is no birth certificate," he said. "It's like an open secret. There isn't one. Everyone in the government there knows this."

Copy of original long-form birth certificate of Susan Nordyke, born in Honolulu the day after Obama's reported birthdate. President Obama has never produced any document like this

"I had direct access to the Social Security database, the national crime computer, state driver's license information, international passport information, basically just about anything you can imagine to get someone's identity," Adams explained. "I could look up what bank your home mortgage was in. I was informed by my boss that we did not have a birth record [for Obama]."

At the time, there were conflicting reports that Obama had been born at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, as well as the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children across town. So Adams says his office checked with both facilities.

Tim Adams, the former senior elections clerk for Honolulu, says President Obama was "definitely" not born in Hawaii,and a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Obama does not exist in the state.

"They told us, 'We don't have a birth certificate for him,'" he said. "They told my supervisor, either by phone or by e-mail, neither one has a document that a doctor signed off on saying they were present at this man's birth."

To date, no Hawaiian hospital has provided documented confirmation Obama was born at its facility.

Adams, 45, stressed, "In my professional opinion, he definitely was not born in Hawaii. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that he was not born in Hawaii because there is no legal record of him being born there. If someone called and asked about it, I could not tell them that person was born in the state."

WND confirmed with Hawaiian officials that Adams was indeed working in their election offices during the last presidential election.

"His title was senior elections clerk in 2008," said Glen Takahashi, elections administrator for the city and county of Honolulu.

Adams oversaw a group of 50 to 60 employees and was responsible for verifying the identity of voters, especially absentee voters.

There is no birth certificate," he said. "It's like an open secret. There isn't one. Everyone in the government there knows this."

Copy of original long-form birth certificate of Susan Nordyke, born in Honolulu the day after Obama's reported birthdate. President Obama has never produced any document like this

"I had direct access to the Social Security database, the national crime computer, state driver's license information, international passport information, basically just about anything you can imagine to get someone's identity," Adams explained. "I could look up what bank your home mortgage was in. I was informed by my boss that we did not have a birth record [for Obama]."

At the time, there were conflicting reports that Obama had been born at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, as well as the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children across town. So Adams says his office checked with both facilities.

Tim Adams, the former senior elections clerk for Honolulu, says President Obama was "definitely" not born in Hawaii,and a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Obama does not exist in the state.

"They told us, 'We don't have a birth certificate for him,'" he said. "They told my supervisor, either by phone or by e-mail, neither one has a document that a doctor signed off on saying they were present at this man's birth."

To date, no Hawaiian hospital has provided documented confirmation Obama was born at its facility.

Adams, 45, stressed, "In my professional opinion, he definitely was not born in Hawaii. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that he was not born in Hawaii because there is no legal record of him being born there. If someone called and asked about it, I could not tell them that person was born in the state."

WND confirmed with Hawaiian officials that Adams was indeed working in their election offices during the last presidential election.

"His title was senior elections clerk in 2008," said Glen Takahashi, elections administrator for the city and county of Honolulu.

Adams oversaw a group of 50 to 60 employees and was responsible for verifying the identity of voters, especially absentee voters.